Policies and reports

This is the first of War Child UK’s annual reports on UK commitment to children in armed conflict.

Thanks to our amazing supporters and partners, we reached a total of 100,217 children, young people and adults in conflict-affected countries in 2019.

This briefing paper features stories of children and their families to illustrate the challenges being faced because of Covid-19.

2018 was another proud year for War Child in our efforts to support and stand up for children in some of the most hostile environments on earth. As a result of our work, more than 100,000 children and their families living with the scourge of conflict across Africa and the Middle East were able to access a range of crucial services.

This report aims to bring global attention to the challenges related to the reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups, and promote better policy, practice and funding in the future.

This report focuses on how the current conflict in Yemen is undermining children’s rights – in particular school age children’s right to an education.

This report outlines a VoiceMore project led by a group of young people living in Bangui in the Central African Republic, supported by War Child. It details their concerns regarding sexual abuse and corruption in schools, what they feel are the causes and consequences, the research they designed and conducted, and their recommendations for ways to address the issue.

This report examines the extent to which the rights of children in armed conflict are promoted and protected by UK government in five countries where state forces/state aligned forces are listed for grave violations against children.

This is a study on the push and pull factors influencing children to join armed groups ‘voluntarily’ in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 2017, thanks to our amazing supporters and partners we were able to reach 165,237 children, young people and adults – beating our annual target of 160,000.

The case studies in this report illustrate the complexity of delivering mental health and psychosocial support to children and their families with very different experiences.

Research conducted by War Child UK has revealed that UK arms companies are reaping double the revenues previously estimated from arms sales to Saudi Arabia.